Republican legislatures look to put local issues in liberal areas under state control State legislatures are considering more than 600 bills that would undermine local control on culture wars issues from education and policing to environmental policy. Kelsey Snell
After Jordan Neely's death, homeless advocates blame NYC's 'dehumanizing' policies The 30-year-old homeless man died from a chokehold by another passenger on the NYC subway. Advocates say the city's policies and rhetoric concerning people who are homeless are dangerous and false. Emma Bowman
2 states launch an investigation of the NFL over gender discrimination and harassment The California and New York attorneys general say they are seeking information from the NFL on allegations of gender pay disparities, harassment and gender and race discrimination. Jonathan Franklin
Jury finds Ed Sheeran didn't copy "Let's Get It On" Ed Sheeran has won a copyright trial brought by the co-writer of Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On. Ashley Brown
New York rolls back bail reforms that gave judges more discretion New York is rolling back some bail reforms it passed earlier to give judges more discretion on who gets released from custody. The move follows criticism of no-bail reform enacted in 2022. Jasmine Garsd
Trials have become an endangered species. A new effort is trying to change that Advocates say defendants who go to trial face much longer prison sentences — a so-called trial penalty. It can even lead innocent people to strike plea deals. Carrie Johnson
A meteorologist's Facebook comments about guns and kids alarm his audience The founder of iWeatherNet, a Facebook page and website that posts updates about Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta-area weather, commented about being armed and impatient when a child rang his doorbell. Jaclyn Diaz
Elon Musk threatens to reassign @NPR on Twitter to 'another company' Musk, who has been scuffling with the media since acquiring the platform last year, asked if NPR was going to start tweeting again. Bobby Allyn
Dueling narratives at the Senate hearing on the Supreme Court Democrats' avowed purpose was to get the Supreme Court to write a code of conduct for itself, or in the absence of that, for Congress to write one. The Republicans avowed purpose was quite different. Nina Totenberg
Record number of people arrested in an international fentanyl operation, DOJ says The Department of Justice announced arrests in an international operation targeting fentanyl sales on the dark web that spanned the U.S., Europe and South America. Nearly 300 people were arrested. Deepa Shivaram
